__/ [ achmed.jones@xxxxxxxxx ] on Sunday 11 March 2007 14:58 \__
> On Mar 11, 8:08 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> TaxGeek 2006 - Your Open Source Solution to Tax Time
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | TaxGeek is a Mozilla-based US income tax program that includes
>> | Form 1040, Schedules A, B, C, C-EZ, D, E, K-1 (1065), SE (Short
>> | and Long), W2, Form 8880, Form 8863, Form 3903, and Form 2441
>> | with access to most other files as PDFs.
>> `----
>>
>> http://taxgeek.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> Another common excuse bites the dust.
>
> More like Linux tax program eats the dust.
>
> 1. Will it import my Quickbooks data?
> 2. Will it import and export my online banking data?
> 3. Will it allow me to send my information to my accountant so that he
> can import it into his accounting program?
> 4. Will it import my online stock trading data?
> 5. Does it have any sort of audit advisor?
> 5. Multiple levels of "What if"?
> 6. An interview based program?
>
> No, it doesn't.
>
> In fact, this is yet another example of shit alpha level Linux
> software that I wouldn't trust to balance my checkbook.
>
> Why do you Linux users have such low standards for applications?
>
> Pitiful.
[Hysterical crosspoting noted]
Portability and compatibility with /proprietary/ software needn't be a
criterion in such assessment. Lockin-based software is engineered to force
you to pay. It makes it harder to switch, due ("owing" rather) to lack of
data mobility. No standards, no transparency. It's stubborn by design.
Here you are offered a fine and functional application that will resolve your
issues of reliance and depedence once and for all. Of course, being shackled
might not bother you at all. Let the vendor just 'enhance' the EULA whenever
desired, force upgrades, drop backward compatiblity, change pricing, etc.
Proprietary software = vendor controls the cusotmer.
Open Source software = the customer's needs control the vendor
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